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• Niek Andrés Zuidema, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)

• Berend Jan de Vos * (76)
• Benjamin Molenkamp (43), Soweto,Johannesburg, R.S.A.
• Alberdina Wiersema (87), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Anna Staal (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan de Vos (76)
• Antoinetta Maria Borgmans (58), Veldhoven
• Christina Adriana LEIJTENS (74), Den Bosch
• Billy Steven Shytle Sr. (68)
• Bertha Rosalia Josephina RENERS (88), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adam Cornelis Stoop (76)

• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
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• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
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• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
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• 1991 » Chris Austin, American country singer (b .1964)
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• 2000 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Jeroen
9. Michael
10. Johannes
11. Jasper
12. Rick
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Cornelis

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Anne
10. Iris
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
• January 17 » The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
• June 13 » The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
• June 25 » The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• September 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
• September 27 » The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
• December 22 » Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.

The temperature on March 16, 1996 was between -0.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.